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Rab
Rab Ascent -18 °C
ISO comfort -10 °C for £390 or less: 880 g of 650 FP hydrophobic duck down in a roomy wide mummy.
- Weight
- 1,650 g
- Comfort
- -10 °Climit -18 °C
- Packed
- 26 × 45 cm
Best price found
£347.55
at Hardloop · RRP £409.90 · Left zip sold out; right zip not marked sold out · was £409.90
- RabIn stock · Direct from maker · regular right zip in stock£390View Deal
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- 650 FP down
- Hydrophobic down
- ISO comfort -10 °C
- Wide mummy fit
- Arm zip
Specifications
- Weight
- 1,650 g (regular)
- Packed size
- 26 × 45 cm
- Comfort
- Comfort -10 °C / limit -18 °C
- Fill
- 650 FP duck down, 880 g fill
- Shell & construction
- 20D Pertex Quantum nylon ripstop (38 g/m²) with fluorocarbon-free DWR; recycled 20D nylon lining; L.O.F.T. construction with sidewall baffles
- Rating Standard
- ISO 23537 rating
- Fill Note
- 650FP European duck down with Grangers fluorocarbon-free hydrophobic finish. Regular, Long and Wide sizes, left or right zip. Hand-filled in Derbyshire.
- Season
- 4-season / Scottish winter
- Zip
- Two-way YKK 3/4-length main zip with synthetic-filled baffle, plus a short arm zip
Pros & cons
- ISO comfort -10 °C, five degrees warmer than the Ascent -12 °C, for £30 more at Rab
- Wide mummy cut leaves room for a down jacket inside on the coldest nights
- Short second zip lets you use your arms, e.g. to cook, while staying zipped in
- 1650 g and 26 × 45 cm packed: Rab's Neutrino -18 °C gets the same rating in 1280 g (at £670)
- Main zip is only 3/4 length, so it vents less well on milder nights
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- Comfort
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- Weight
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- Comfort
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- Packed
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